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The Eucharist

By About Catholics Team // 15 Comments

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When was the first Eucharist celebrated?

The Christian tradition holds and the Catholic faith will always uphold that the first Eucharist was the Last Supper. At that moment Christ changed the bread that they ate and the wine that they drank into his body and blood respectively. It is fitting that it is named eucharist which means thanksgiving (Greek) for it was a sacrifice; Christ’s perfect sacrifice for all of us. The institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper can be found in Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-20 and 1 Corinthians. 11:23-26. [Read more…]

Filed under: Beliefs // Tagged: eucharist, sacraments

Why Must We Go to Mass Every Sunday?

By About Catholics Team // 19 Comments

Each and every Sunday over a billion Catholics worldwide are obliged to attend Sunday mass at a parish near them. Why? For starters it is a precept of the Catholic Church, one of the most basic things the Church requires of Catholics. Code of Canon Law # 1247 states:

“On Sundays and other holydays of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass. They are also to abstain from such work or business that would inhibit the worship to be given to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s  Day, or the due relaxation of the mind and body.”

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Filed under: Beliefs // Tagged: Bible, eucharist, liturgy, Mass, Sabbath, scriptures, Sunday, Ten Commandments

Kneeling After Communion

By About Catholics Team // 24 Comments

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Kneeling at Mass is one of many postures during the liturgy. At different times we are to kneel, sit, or stand depending upon what is taking place during Mass. Each posture takes on a certain significance within the liturgy, especially kneeling. [Read more…]

Filed under: Beliefs // Tagged: eucharist, liturgy

The Real Presence

By Deacon Paul Carlson // 1 Comment

In the Church the Eucharist occupies a unique place as the “Sacrament of sacraments.” All the other sacraments are ordered to it as their end. The word eucharist is derived from the Greek word which means thanksgiving. Jesus himself gave thanks at the Last Supper. [Read more…]

Filed under: Beliefs // Tagged: eucharist, sacraments

Catholics Claim They Eat Jesus!

By About Catholics Team // 4 Comments

Those Catholics are at it again – they say that at mass they are actually eating the body and blood of Jesus Christ, citing passages from the Bible such as John 6:52 and Luke 24:2. [Read more…]

Filed under: Beliefs // Tagged: eucharist, sacraments

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